IT Technician
UK
The median IT Technician daily rate in the UK is £175 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 5 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 440 | 514 | 678 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +74 | +164 | -42 |
| Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician | 161 | 203 | 185 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.37% | 0.34% | 0.21% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.40% | 0.36% | 0.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 95 | 138 | 115 |
| 10th Percentile | £125 | £123 | £116 |
| 25th Percentile | £128 | £135 | £131 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £175 | £175 | £160 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +9.38% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £200 | £204 | £175 |
| 90th Percentile | £255 | £232 | £232 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £165 | £180 | £160 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.33% | +12.50% | +6.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 40 | 19 | 28 |
| 10th Percentile | £7.43 | £12.36 | £10.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £10.95 | £13.73 | £13.73 |
| Median hourly rate | £14.14 | £15.80 | £17.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.51% | -7.06% | +20.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £16.90 | £19.38 | £20.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £18.98 | £21.25 | £22.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £13.50 | £15.65 | £16.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.74% | -5.15% | +22.22% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 40,029 | 55,895 | 84,701 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.75% | 94.62% | 95.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,060 | 39,048 | 59,505 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,665 | 1,566 | 2,078 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.11 | £15.72 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.60 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +90.68% | +4.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.00 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +115.16% | +2.74% |
IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Technician.
IT Technician
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Technician over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.
IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Technician.
IT Technician
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Technician over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.
IT Technician
Top 16 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| England | +110 | 154 | £165 | -5.71% | 158 |
| UK excluding London | +37 | 139 | £165 | -8.33% | 153 |
| North of England | +64 | 50 | £150 | -13.04% | 48 |
| South East | +20 | 48 | £200 | -2.44% | 31 |
| North West | +44 | 22 | £127 | -27.57% | 22 |
| Midlands | +31 | 20 | £150 | +2.56% | 21 |
| London | +93 | 19 | £176 | +3.68% | 12 |
| Yorkshire | +30 | 19 | £185 | +10.45% | 18 |
| Work from Home | +118 | 13 | £200 | - | 20 |
| East Midlands | +19 | 11 | £150 | +11.11% | 11 |
| North East | +23 | 9 | £150 | -5.36% | 9 |
| South West | +14 | 9 | £143 | -14.93% | 28 |
| East of England | +9 | 9 | £200 | +11.11% | 20 |
| West Midlands | +24 | 8 | £213 | +21.43% | 10 |
| Scotland | +44 | 4 | £245 | +6.52% | 5 |
| Wales | -9 | 1 | £213 | +25.00% | 5 |
IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, IT Technician contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring IT Technician in the job title.
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IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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